Ulnar artery as a coronary bypass graft

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 1020-1024

  Buxton, Brian F ^a   Chan, Anthony T ^b   Dixit, Anand S ^b   Eizenberg, Norman ^b   Marshall, Robert D ^b   Raman, Jai S ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISSECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR ARTERY; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031924021     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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